How a nonprofit helped a plastic manufacturer innovate with specialized equipment and technical expertise. Microban, located in Huntersville, North Carolina, is a company specializing in polymer and textiles that produces antimicrobial and antifungal technologies....

Composite lumber manufacturer Trex says low feedstock prices continue to help it achieve boosted profits in the first quarter of the year. The Winchester, Va.-based company reported net sales of $171 million for Q1 2018, up 18 percent year over year (a portion of the...

PLASTICS’ informational campaign and website arms industry with the know-how to speak truthfully and allay unfounded fears about phthalates and BPA. The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is taking NPE2018 to introduce This Is Plastics, an online resource...

This compounder combines a service-first, small-company mindset with the technical might of larger companies to carve a niche in engineering plastics. Les Klein was either gifted with prescience or had a highly accurate crystal ball. About 43 years ago, he identified...

Nearly half of fish species studied may not be ingesting harmful plastics There’s growing concern about the amount of plastic ending up in the world’s oceans, but researchers at Memorial University of Newfoundland have found one fish that doesn’t...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity and more than 1,100 Texas residents are demanding that Texas regulators reconsider issuing a wastewater permit to a project that would be the world’s largest plastics plant. The facility, funded by ExxonMobil and the...